Music – Classical

Saturday, June 17, 1pm.

The brilliant and intensely-musical young cellist Pavlos Carvalho returns to play Bach solo cello suites No 1 and the amazing No 6. What a treat to open the 2017 festival with this timeless music.Tickets £10; students and children £5. Disabled access.

Saturday, June 17, 7pm.

Ensemble Reza are thrilled to be returning to the Festival for a fourth year. Their welcoming concerts combine virtuoso playing with interesting programming and have become a festival favourite for many. Mozart –Divertimento in D major; Haydn – Emperor Quartet, Op 76, No 3; Korngold – String Sextet. www.ensemblereza.com. Tickets £15; students and children £3. Disabled access.

Saturday, June 17, 7.30pm.

ARIA AND SONG FOR AMNESTY, CHRIST CHURCH, OLD MARKET AVENUE, CHICHESTER, PO19 1SW.

Rebecca Grove (soprano), Stephanie Peat (mezzo soprano) and Charlie Wood (tenor) will be singing some of their favourite songs with Chris Coote on the piano. Repertoire will include opera, German lieder and French and English song. Free admission. donations to Amnesty International. Tea, coffee and light refreshments available. Disabled access.

Saturday, June 17, 7.30pm.

A joint concert given by the Walton Voices (Surrey) and the Southdowns Concert Band in a fund-raising event in aid of the Sussex Snowdrop Trust. They will be performing a selection of your most memorable pieces of music in the fantastic atmosphere of Chichester Cathedral. Tickets £12.50; under-16s free. Disabled access.

Monday, June 19, 1pm.

What Guitar Trio brings together award-winning classical guitarists Michael Hughes, Jonathan Parkin and Ioannis Theodoridis. The ensemble explores a wide range of original repertoire from the 18th century through to the 21st. Their previous performances include the National Portrait Gallery and the Greenwich Early Music Festival. Tickets £10; students £5. Disabled access.

Tuesday, June 20, 4.30pm.

Guitars in the Garden is presented by guitarists Mitch Callow and John Mason and guest vocalist Anda Moore. They play café music, a genre from Bach to blues, Django to contemporary, which is often interspersed with improvisation. Venue is the walled garden of St Martin’s Café. Tickets include a hot drink. Tickets £8. Disabled access.

Wednesday, June 21, 1pm.

Sonamus is giving a lunchtime recital for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Their programme will feature some of the finest original writing for wind instruments from Mozart to Françaix. As is often the case, their chosen works are witty and exuberant and will delight anyone who cares to attend. Tickets £10; seniors £6; students £5; children £2. Disabled access.

Thursday, June 22, 7pm.

A LOVER AND HIS LASS, NOS MISERI HOMINES, THE ASSEMBLY ROOM, THE COUNCIL HOUSE, NORTH STREET, CHICHESTER, PO19 1LQ.

Sparkling music for a light-hearted summer’s evening. Join us for a magical madrigal tour of the pastures of England, the fire of Spain and the romance of Italy. Also including Shakespeare songs by Rutter, and one or two smooth classics, all intimately performed by eight outstanding young professional singers. Tickets £15. Disabled access.

Friday, June 23, 1pm.

Captivating harp solos from five centuries performed by one of England’s finest harpists. Enjoy a delicious romp through refined Renaissance, glittering Baroque, naughty Victorian fairies and ground-breaking contemporary music. “The beaming warmth of the interaction with her audience is a joy to behold” – Sally Sedgeman. Tickets £12; seniors £10; students and children £5. Disabled access.

Friday, June 23, 7.30pm.

Critically-acclaimed vocal ensemble All That Malarkey return to Chichester with their brand-new programme for 2017, following their performance in December where a packed chapel was not disappointed. With previous performances spanning Classic FM to The Edinburgh Fringe, this dangerously-good group blend cabaret, comedy, classical music and bonkers behaviour. Tickets £12. Disabled access.

Saturday, June 24, 6.30pm.

GUITARS IN THE GARDEN, WEST DEAN GARDENS RESTAURANT, WEST DEAN, CHICHESTER, PO18 0RX.

Guitars in the Garden play café music – a genre from Bach to blues, Django to contemporary, which is often interspersed with improvisation and voice. The venue is the lovely restaurant garden of West Dean, with beautiful views of the Downs. The restaurant will be open for food and drink. Tickets £8. Disabled access.

Saturday, June 24, 7pm.

Poppy will sing a concert of two halves comprising songs picked from a selection of her favourites and popular classics, including early Baroque, English song, folk and some more contemporary works. She will frame songs with a short explanation so that the programme runs seamlessly and as a linear journey. Tickets £12; concessions £10. Disabled access.

Saturday, June 24, 7.30pm.

2017 sees Chichester City Band celebrate its 120th birthday, and we are still growing, with three separate ensembles now meeting every week. Join us for an evening of brass favourites, old and new – the unmistakable sound of the summer! Refreshments included in ticket price. Tickets £10; seniors £8; students £8; children under 16 free with paying adult. Disabled access.

Sunday, June 25, 1pm.

The Chorões are an ensemble from the Royal College of Music who specialise in traditional Brazilian music called Choro. Drawing on samba and classical music, Choro emerged in the late-19th century. This quartet of clarinet, guitar, cavaquinho (Brazilian ukulele) and pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine) will transport you through Choro’s Rio history. Tickets £10. Disabled access.

Tuesday, June 27, 4.30pm.

Guitars in the Garden is comprised of guitarists Mitch Callow and John Mason and guest vocalist Anda Moore. They play café music, a genre from Bach to blues, Django to contemporary, which is often interspersed with improvisation. Venue is the walled garden of St Martin’s Café. Tickets include a hot drink. Tickets £8. Disabled access.

PIC Guitars in the Garden

Wednesday, June 28, 7.30pm.

Including arrangements of Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, Strauss songs and Doppler’s virtuosic Fantasie from Rigoletto. Flautists Elizabeth Walker and Sarah Murphy met at the Royal College of Music and work together with Sally Halsey performing around the world. Tickets includes interval refreshments: £14; seniors and students £10; children £6.

Saturday, July 1, 7.30pm.

Roger Clayden presents Opera Night, an evening of famous opera extracts sung by professional singers and accompanied by the 60 Minute Orchestra which is a professional string orchestra. The soloists are soprano – Sylvia Rota, mezzo soprano – Lisa Bynes, tenor – Yuri Sabatini, bass baritone – Dario Dugandzic. Between extracts, the orchestra play famous overtures. Tickets £12; students and children £6. Disabled access.

Saturday, July 1, 8.30pm.

As darkness approaches, take your glass of wine and let the mesmeric music of the Chantry Quire enfold you, with madrigals (Draw on Sweet Night – Wilbye), guitar and violin, moving through close harmony (A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square) towards This Shining Night (Lauridsen), finally lulling you to Sleep (Whitacre). Drinks from 8pm. Tickets £15; students and children £5. Disabled access.

Monday, July 3, 7.30pm.

A musical exploration of the Reformation’s lasting legacy on choral music, from the earliest days to the present, continental and English. Choral gems by composers famous and infamous, well-known and near-forgotten, catholic and protestant, including Luther, Byrd, Bach, SS Wesley and culminating in Schubert’s German Mass. Musical direction Erica Kollek. Tickets £12; students £8; children £8. Disabled access.

Tuesday, July 4, 1.10pm.

International musicians Karine Selo (piano) and Pavlos Carvalho (cello) perform sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven and Shostakovich. Karine is resident accompanist at the Royal College of Music, London and the Paris Conservatoire. Pavlos has performed across Europe at venues from the Royal Festival Hall to the Teatro dal Verme, Milan. Free admission, with retiring collection in aid of the Chichester Cathedral Restoration & Development Trust. Disabled access.

Tuesday, July 4, 4.30pm.

Guitars in the Garden is comprised of guitarists Mitch Callow and John Mason and guest vocalist Anda Moore. They play café music, a genre from Bach to blues, Django to contemporary, which is often interspersed with improvisation. Venue is the walled garden of St Martin’s Café. Tickets include a hot drink. Tickets£8. Disabled access.

Thursday, July 6, 1.30pm.

Join The Storyteller and the multi-talented flute quartet Flooti Tooti for an afternoon’s entertainment of stories, music and general jollity in the garden of this most attractive Festival venue. Free admission once you’ve bought something from the café. Limited disabled access.

Thursday, July 6, 2.30-3.30pm.

Linda Kelsall-Barnett presents an hour of Spanish guitar music from the Romantic era played on an original Mirecourt guitar circa 1820 and a replica 1864 Torres guitar, including works by Carulli, Sor, Tarrega and Llobet. Tickets £8; concessions £5. Disabled access.

Thursday, July 6, 7.30pm.

The BSO returns for its annual Festival appearance with one of the best-loved pieces of British music – Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Beethoven’s famous Egmont overture opens the evening, with Sibelius’ Symphony No 2, a heartfelt confession of the soul, depicting Finland’s fight for independence. Conducted by Michael Seal with Guy Johnston on cello. Tickets £26, £21, £17, £12; students and children half price. Disabled access.

Saturday, July 8, 7.30pm.

Recent graduates of the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music, Tamzin Barnett (soprano) and David Thomas (tenor) from Chichester present an evening of songs and duets with friends. The programme will include music by Rossini and Massenet. Tickets £10; seniors and students £8; children free. Disabled access.

Sunday, July 9, 3-4pm.

Fiona and Alexandra are of two of Sussex’s finest harpists, with more than 25 years’ worth of experience and stories between them. For this occasion, 94 Strings will incorporate two folk harps for this recital as well. From Bach to Beatles, there’s something for all to enjoy. Tickets £8. Disabled access.

Sunday, July 9, 6.30pm.

GUITARS IN THE GARDEN, WEST DEAN GARDENS RESTAURANT, WEST DEAN, PO18 0RX.

Guitars in the Garden play café music, a genre from Bach to blues, Django to contemporary, which is often interspersed with improvisation and voice. The venue is the lovely restaurant garden of West Dean, with beautiful views of the Downs. The restaurant will be open for food and drink. Tickets £8. Disabled access.

Tuesday, July 11, 4.30pm.

Guitars in the Garden is comprised of guitarists, Mitch Callow, John Mason and guest vocalist Anda Moore. They play café music, a genre from Bach to blues, Django to contemporary, which is often interspersed with improvisation. Venue is the walled garden of St Martin’s Café. Tickets include a hot drink. Tickets£8. Disabled access.

Tuesday, July 11, 7.30pm.

The VIDA Guitar Quartet brings together four guitarists of exceptional artistry who regularly perform across North America and Europe. Their programme will feature music by Bach, Villa-Lobos and Mendelssohn from their upcoming CD. They will also pay special tribute to English composer Stephen Dodgson. www.vidagq.com. Tickets £17; seniors £14; under-25s £5. Disabled access.

Friday, July 14, 7pm.

From the romanticism of Rachmaninov to the brutal rhythms of Shostakovich and Stravinsky, lyricism is always at the heart of Russian Music. Rachmaninov’s Études-Tableaux will be performed by Maria Luc and the evening will culminate with Stravinsky’s orchestral reduction of the Rite of Spring for piano duet. Kenji Luc will also feature on cello.Tickets £10; students £5; children free. Disabled access.

Friday, July 14, 7.30pm.

The Southdowns Concert Band with their new conductor Ross Hunt perform an evening of your favourite melodies in the fantastic acoustic of Boxgrove Priory. It is an evening not to be missed because Friday Night will definitely be Music Night. A night to remember and enjoy. Tickets £10; under-16s free. Disabled access.

Saturday, July 15, 7.30pm.

A girl with almond eyes whispers sweet songs to her beloved under the enchanted pomegranate tree. In a garden of jasmine blossoms, a young man, his cheeks like honeydew, fills his true love’s glass with enchantment. In a dark place, a flower has wilted, spoilt by poisonous hands.

Reinventing and weaving together traditional and original songs, poems and stories of the Middle East and Mediterranean, they are infused with sensations, fragrances, tastes and colours. German-Egyptian singer Merit Ariane is joined by British-Turkish actor Rosie Hilal, Iranian qanun player Nilufar Habibian and British multi-instrumentalist, accordionist Jon Banks. “Bewitchingly sung.” York Press www.meritariane.com Tickets £17; seniors £14; under-25s £5. Disabled access.

Saturday, July 15, 7.30pm.

The brilliant BBC Young Musician winner Ben Goldscheider will play Glière’s horn concerto. Ben won the brass category final and reached the concerto final in the 2016 competition. The programme will also include Bizet’s Carmen Suite and Tchaikovsky’s Little Russian Symphony. Tickets £12; seniors £10; students £5; children free. Disabled access.

Sunday, July 16, 3pm (picnics from 1.30pm).

Touring their fourth album First Dance on Second Avenue, a journey across Eastern Europe and beyond, She’Koyokh starts out in 1950s New York and finishes up in a Turkish sauna, via Romanian mountains and Serbian villages, featuring klezmer, virtuosic Balkan dances and soulful songs from Albania, Armenia and Bulgaria. Parking available. Bring low chairs for picnics and concert. Tickets £17 (£18.50 on the door) including glass of wine; under-25s £10; under ten years free at the gate if dry weather. Disabled access.

A major exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of British artist John Minton (1917-1957). The exhibition spans Minton’s achievements as a painter of highly-evocative landscapes, sensitive portraits and his ambitious works exploring historical and current events. Tickets £12 includes entry to all exhibitions and collection); students with NUS card and Student ID card and children free. Disabled access.

A major exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of British artist John Minton (1917-1957). The exhibition spans Minton’s achievements as a painter of highly-evocative landscapes, sensitive portraits and his ambitious works exploring historical and current events. Tickets £12 includes entry to all exhibitions and collection); students with NUS card and Student ID card and children free. Disabled access.

A major exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of British artist John Minton (1917-1957). The exhibition spans Minton’s achievements as a painter of highly-evocative landscapes, sensitive portraits and his ambitious works exploring historical and current events. Tickets £12 includes entry to all exhibitions and collection); students with NUS card and Student ID card and children free. Disabled access.

A major exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of British artist John Minton (1917-1957). The exhibition spans Minton’s achievements as a painter of highly-evocative landscapes, sensitive portraits and his ambitious works exploring historical and current events. Tickets £12 includes entry to all exhibitions and collection); students with NUS card and Student ID card and children free. Disabled access.

A major exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of British artist John Minton (1917-1957). The exhibition spans Minton’s achievements as a painter of highly-evocative landscapes, sensitive portraits and his ambitious works exploring historical and current events. Tickets £12 includes entry to all exhibitions and collection); students with NUS card and Student ID card and children free. Disabled access.

A major exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of British artist John Minton (1917-1957). The exhibition spans Minton’s achievements as a painter of highly-evocative landscapes, sensitive portraits and his ambitious works exploring historical and current events. Tickets £12 includes entry to all exhibitions and collection); students with NUS card and Student ID card and children free. Disabled access.